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Figure 1 Cholesterol Biosynthesis and the Beneficial and Adverse Downstream Effects of Statin Treatment
Beneficial (gray background) and adverse (checkered background) downstream effects of statin treatment. eNOS = endothelial nitric oxide synthase; HMG-CoA = 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A; LPS = lipopolysaccharide; NAD(P)H = nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate; NF B = nuclear factor kappa B; PI3 = phosphatidylinositol-3; PP = pyrophosphate; tRNA = transfer ribonucleic acid.
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